Some commercial establishments in Haveri closed in response to the Karnataka bandh call
Farmers gathered outside sugar minister Rudrappa Lamani’s residence in Netaji Nagar and launched an indefinite sit-in, erecting a shamiana on the road and vowing to continue the protest until their demands were met. Tension was reported at a village bus stop where protesters allegedly hurled bakery items and sunflower seed packets onto the road. Lamani was in Bengaluru. Heavy police deployment was made around his residence, with barricades erected and both approach roads closed to traffic. The bandh disrupted transport services as well. Farmers blocked the Ilkal-Shikaripura state highway near Chowdayyadanapur on the Masur-Guttal route, parking bikes, tractors and tippers across the carriageway. Police intervened and cane-charged youths accused of creating trouble. In Ranebennur, farmers carrying sugarcane stalks blocked roads and raised slogans against the state and Union govts. Meanwhile, the bandh had little impact in Davanagere and Ballari districts, where normal activity continued uninterrupted.
Haveri : Haveri witnessed tense scenes on Saturday as sugarcane growers intensified their agitation in support of the statewide bandh, demanding a fair and remunerative price for cane.